The Four Seasons - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

A best-selling 1989 recording of these pieces was by the “punk,” foot-stamping classical musician Nigel Kennedy. In 2012, Daniel Hope premiered a “recomposed” version of these pieces (20[1])by (20[1])Max Richter. (20[11])The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (20[1])transcribed (20[2])one of these (20[1])pieces for solo flute. (20[2])In the third of these pieces, the harpsichord depicts dancing (*) drunkards who fall asleep. (10[1])The first of these (10[2])pieces features a two-note viola motif representing a barking dog, (10[4])and the second ends with a thunderstorm, (10[1])as described in their accompanying sonnets. (10[1])The first third of The Contest Between Harmony and Invention (10[2])comprises, for 10 points, what set of violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi that include (10[1])“Autumn” and “Spring”? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: The Four Seasons [or Le quattro stagioni; prompt on Vivaldi violin concertos; prompt on The Contest Between Harmony and Invention or Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione before read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ryan Zhang	Thomas Jefferson A	Barrington	26	20
Sophia Wu	Livingston A	Johns Creek B	27	20
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Hastings	29	20
Jacob Koewler	James W. Robinson	Choate Rosemary Hall	29	20
David Black	University Lab	Heights	29	20
Isaac McCollum	Hoover A	Strake Jesuit	29	20
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson D	Innovation Academy A	29	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Maggie Walker A	29	20
Lylian Zhu	Stevenson A	Maggie Walker C	29	20
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Mexico	29	20
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	Northmont A	29	20
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Solon	29	20
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	29	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert	Livingston B	33	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Beavercreek	34	20
Dwij Bhatt	William Fremd	Downingtown STEM	34	20
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	Durham AT	37	20
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Norfolk Academic Guild	41	20
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Maggie Walker B	41	20
Matias Roa	Walter Payton A	Alabama Cyber Tech	55	10
Nathan Bai	Innovation Academy B	Elkhorn North	59	10
Alex Zhang	Okemos	Seven Lakes	59	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Winston Churchill A	69	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Hunter B	69	10
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	McLean B	69	10
Rachel Ezrielev	Richard Montgomery A	St. Mark's	69	10
Soren Gjesfjeld	Bloomington	Stevenson B	76	10
Zee Ebert	Carl Sandburg	Saint Joseph	82	10
Henry Joecken	St. Xavier	Hoover B	92	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Richard Montgomery B	92	10
Joshua Studee	Walter Payton B	St. Thomas	106	10
Claire Wang	Canyon Crest	Johns Creek A	110	10
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee	Thomas Jefferson B	110	10
Anuj Damle	Freeman	Cincinnati Hills	110	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	Owensboro	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	35	100%	54%	0%	55.11